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Tully's Coffee Sees Brighter Future (Popularity:  )
http://www.tullyscoffeeshops.com
SEATTLE, Jan. 4, 2013 -- TC Global, Inc. (dba Tully's) today announced that it is a step closer to exiting from bankruptcy with the sale of its assets to Global Baristas, the investment group that includes Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey . Global Baristas was selected as the winning bidder late last night, with a bid of almost $10 million.Tully's filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy ...
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U.S. Chamber Calls for Smarter, Not Bigger, Government in Strengthening America's Capital Markets (Popularity: )
http://www.uschamber.com
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) today reaffirmed its position on reforming America's capital markets and outlined actions the administration, Congress, and the business community must take to help restore and strengthen our nation's capital markets. The Chamber again called for modernizing the regulations governing our capital markets in a way that puts the economy, jobs, and all investors first."We welcome Senate action to reform ...
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U.S. Mayors Economic Report Reveals Sluggish Economic and Job Growth in 2008-09 (Popularity: )
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A new economic report released Friday, June 20, during the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting in Miami reveals that U.S. economic growth for 2008 has weakened considerably, while unemployment and consumer prices have risen sharply. Though it remains to be seen if this ends up being classified officially as a recession, the report reveals that there is no question that the economy is suffering more than just a mid-cycle ...
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U.S. Online Holiday Spending Reaches $16 Billion for First 36 Days of the November-December Shopping Season (Popularity: )
http://www.comscore.com
comScore (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 36 days of the November - December 2009 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, nearly $16 billion has been spent online, marking a 3-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. The most recent week ending December 6 reached $4.6 billion in holiday spending, heavier than any individual spending week ...
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U.S. Private Equity Fund-Raising Falls 16% in 2010 Despite High Hopes from GPs (Popularity: )
http://www.dowjones.com/
U.S. private equity fund-raising defied expectations in 2010, declining even further from the low levels of 2009 as 336 funds raised $86.3 billion, down 16% from the $102.2 billion raised by 366 funds in 2009, according to figures from Dow Jones LP Source. While most sectors experienced a slowdown, 2010 saw a few bright spots as Distressed Debt funds, Mezzanine funds and Industry-focused funds raised more money than they did ...
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U.S. Productivity Rises in 2009, Despite the Recession (Popularity: )
U.S. productivity weathered the recession well, growing 2.5 percent (in per hour terms) in 2009, The Conference Board reported today.This blip in the prevailing downward trend in U.S. productivity was largely explained by dramatically reduced working hours that offset output decline (employment fell by 3.6 percent in 2009; hours worked per worker by 1.5 percent.) U.S. productivity growth is projected at 3 percent for 2010.European productivity growth turned negative in ...
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U.S. Productivity Rises in 2009, Despite the Recession (Popularity: )
http://www.conference-board.org
U.S. productivity weathered the recession well, growing 2.5 percent (in per hour terms) in 2009, The Conference Board reported today.This blip in the prevailing downward trend in U.S. productivity was largely explained by dramatically reduced working hours that offset output decline (employment fell by 3.6 percent in 2009; hours worked per worker by 1.5 percent.) U.S. productivity growth is projected at 3 percent for 2010.European productivity growth turned negative in ...
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U.S. Venture Capital Investment Reaches Highest Level Since Q1 2001, Rises 8% to $8.07 Billion in Third Quarter of 2007 (Popularity: )
http://www.ventureone.com
Venture capitalists continued to put more money to work with entrepreneurial companies, as overall U.S. venture capital investment climbed 8% in the third quarter of 2007 compared to the same period last year to reach $8.07 billion, according to the Quarterly Venture Capital Report released today by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young LLP. This marked the ninth consecutive quarter of gradual year- over-year growth in dollars invested and ...
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U.S. Venture Investment Drops 7% to $7.37 Billion in 3Q08 (Popularity: )
http://www.dowjones.com
As the economy weakened during the third quarter, venture capitalists continued to rein in investments in U.S.-based companies, according to the Quarterly U.S. Venture Capital Report from Dow Jones VentureSource (http://www.venturecapital.dowjones.com). The third quarter of 2008 saw $7.37 billion in venture capital invested into 583 deals, 7% less than the $7.94 billion put into 673 deals during the same period last year and the second consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines. ...
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UBS to Release Additional 4,500 U.S. Accounts (Popularity: )
http://www.capdale.com/
Due to the terms of its agreement made last year with the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice, UBS is poised to release the bank account records of an additional 4,500 U.S. account holders."In three weeks, most of the remaining 4,500 accounts will be turned over to U.S. authorities," said Jim Mastracchio, a partner with Caplin & Drysdale. The Swiss government recently decided against a public referendum, which ...
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